a couple of questions...

I took it to be explosive (as I sat and pondered the ending) C4 ? Does it come in dark green ? But as she handled it with gloves and a face mask....and slipped a small packet into his inside pocket....I am pretty sure it was explosive. One of the best performances of a disturbed woman I have ever witnessed. And I think she fabricated the whole thing.

When she met Ashade, she claimed she was Philly (Sandra Oh)and that Philly's life was her own life. Philly's husband met Phoebe first. Apparently Phoebe liked him, but he married Philly, apparently never knowing how Phoebe felt? The fact that he met Phoebe first was revealed during the lunch with the prospective date for Phoebe. It sounded to me as though Phoebe spun that story, perhaps half believing it, out of her jealousy. The name of her supposed child turned out to be the dog's name. Except, at the very end, she called the dog "Jealousy." I have to say I was more blown away by the end scene with the dog than the earlier action, which was somewhat predictable from things she had said in the early scenes.

The second time i saw it, noticed the child looked half asian and phobe didn't seem to have any emotional connection with it on the sidewalk, so doubtful it could have been hers.

The guy playing the husband looks familiar but i couldn't find him listed in the cast. He had lot of lines but got less credit than the security guard, who had no lines and just played dumb while watching his dvd player. And whats fred durst getting credit for? (Did the producer like limp roles for biscuits?)

I didn't know you could receive c4 explosives in the mail, like that.
She must have been an explosives expert to have prepared a compact detonating device that could fit in a pocket and have enough confidence that it would go off and prevent having an angry muslim coming after her.
It was also astute of hamid to know it was a bomb in his pocket and warn off the innocent civilians before it blew up.

(Not enough time to list so many questions the movie raised)

I had the same question about Phoebe's boss, her husband and child. Admittedly I have been unable to catch this very fascinating movie from the start, despite frequent airings on IFC. The earliets point at which I began viewing was when Phoebe was up in Ashade's apartment speaking with his sister-in-law, etc. Phoebe mentions a former artist husband and daughter "stolen" away by a tutor(?) hired to teach the daughter Mandarin. Then (I think) she pulled out the photo showing her boss and family. I realized later that her story of a former husband/daughter most likely had to be a fabrication, with Phoebe using the photo as a misrepresentaion. Otherwise, are we to believe that Phoebe and company would be so amicable and accepting of each other? I hardly think so. However, Phoebe's abandonment fantasy is based on some fact: we find out her boss' husband is actually an artist, and that he and Phoebe did know each other early on...a detail substantiated by her boss during the lunch scene. As far as the bags in the box, I believe they were a type of explosive. What I found so frustrating was that so many pivotal and crucial details are lost on me because some of the critical dialog is so hushed or mumbled; I need to buy the DVD just so I can view the subtitles! I also haven't figured out what was on her cell phone, or what the kid-on-guy's-shoulder photo is about.